Sap-spout



(No Model.)

E. WILLIS. SAP sPoUT.

,613. Patented June 28,1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE'.A

` EBEN wiLLis, or yooLToN, NEW YoEK.

SAP-SPOl-JT. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,613, dated J' une 28, 1898.

' Application filed April 8, 1898. Serial No. 676,941. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ f77/0m 7W@ -OVLWW be formed separate from or integral with the Be it known that LEBEN WI'LLIs,a citizen body A of the spout, and this hook is proof the UnitedY States, residing atv Colton, -in vided with a flat bearing-surface B' upon its 55 the county of St. Lawrence, State .of New rear to rest against thebody of the tree to 5 York, have inventedcertain new and useful which the spout is applied and also with a Improvements in Sap-Spouts, of which the rib surrounding the spout, to limit the infollowing is a specification,"reference being -ward movement of the entering end and to had therein to the accompanyingdrawings. support theV spout by contact with the ad ja- 6o This inventionrelates tovsap-spouts, and cent body of the tree.' The lower end of the Io more particularly-to improvements upon the depending hook is provided with a attened spout disclosed in Patent No. 455,7 84, granted surface B3 upon its inner curve, which will me'July 14, 1891. Y bear upon the can or bucket supported there- The invention has for its object t0 improve upon, and thus prevent swaying or accidental 65 the construction of the entering end'of the blowing oif of the bucket duringahigh wind.

r 5 spout, so that the same will not come into conlt'will bev seen that this hook will enter the tact with the vertical pores of the wood which usual round hole in the sap-bucket to perform have been severed, as such contact would f. the functions just described. materially reduce the ow of sap from the At the inner side of the rib B2 a circular 7o open pores. plugging portion is provided,which fits tightly zo The invention has for a further object to Within the hole bored in the tree to prevent provide anchoring-lugs which will retain the the escape of sap from the hole except through spout in the hole bored in the tree when the the channel provided in the spout. The opsap freezes in said hole, and thus prevent the, posite walls of thisportion are cut away to- 75 sap -from starting out, and thereby obviating ward the inner or entering end of the spout 2 5 any leakage about the plugportion of the until .they leave only inner extensions or bars spout. Y f O', which' tightly flt the side walls of the hole.

Other objects and advantages of the in ven- These opposite bearing extensions C are contion will hereinafter appear in the following nected by the web C2, and lextending in op- 8o description, and the novel features thereof posite directions from this web are anchor- 3o will be particularly pointed out in the aping-lugs D, which are of less diameter than' pended claims.' the diameter of the flanges C', and conse- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective quently do not come into contact with the of the sap-spout. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal walls of thehole. 85v section of the same as appliedto a tree. vIn-boring the usual hole in a sap-bearing 3 5 Fig. 3 is atop plan view, and Fig. 4 is aneletree the vertical pores constitute the sapvation of the innervend of thel spout. feeding area, while the pores at the sides of vLike letters of reference indicate like parts the hole where the extensions C will bind throughoutA the several figures of the drawagainst are uncut pores, and thus they in no 9o. ings. Y manner limit the iow of the sap. The plug 4o The letter A designates the body of the at the outer end of the entering. end merely spout, which may be formed of any-desired bears upon that portion of the hole directly material, although preferablyof malleable adjacent tothe bark, and from which little white iron and suitably plated or tinned to orno sap will feed. Under normal conditions 95 prevent corrosion from the exposure to which the retaining extensions C and plug portion 45 it is subjected. The dischargemend of thev O, when driven into the hole until the rib B2 spout is provided with a depending lip A for rests against the bark, will firmly retain the the purpose of guiding the drip from the chanspout in` position when the sap-bucket is carnel of the spout. The 4discharge end of the ried thereby. W'hen the sap in the hole loo spout is also formed as an open channel, alfreezes in extremely cold weather, it is obvi- 5o thoughit maybe iuclosed, `as shown in my ous that there will be such a contraction'of former patent. Adjacent to the entering end the parts constituting the securing means for of the spout ahook B is provided, which may the spout that the same will become loose and liable to be drawn out by the weight of the bucket or to leak when the sap begins to thaw. To effeetually prevent this the anehoring-lugs D are provided, which are frozen in the sap contained in the hole, and thus prevent the sap-spout from starting out or loosening, whereby all leakage is prevented. As previously described, the anchoring-lugs are of less diameter than the bearing extensions or bars, and consequently do not in any way interfere with the [low of sap from the vertical pores of the tree.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to seeu re by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. A sap-spout provided with a longitudinal channel, a depending hook from said spout, a plugging portion at the rear of said hook, bearing extensions from said plugging portion at the sides thereof and of equal width therewith, and anchoring-lu gs projecting from said extensions in opposite dire@- tions and of less width than said extensions; substantially as specified.

2. A sap-spout provided with a longitudinal channel, a cylindrical plugging portion at the rear of said channel, horizontal extensions merged into and of equal width with said plugging portion, a web Connecting said extensions at their inner end, and oppositelyextending anchoring-lugs of less width than said pluggingportion; substantially as speciiied.

An improved sap-spout consisting of a body portion with a depending lip at its outer end, a'depending hook having a flattened inner face, a rib upon the face of said body portion in the plane of said hook, a cylindrical plugging portion, extensions extending therefrom at the sides thereof, a web connecting the inner end of said extensions, and oppositely-extending lugs earried by said web and of less width than the plugging portion; substantially as specified.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. EISEN XVILTJS. lVitnesses:

EDWIN II. llARvnY, SANFORD J. IIosLEY. 

